Guyana will import another 50,000 high-yielding coconuts from Costa Rica to further advance its coconut industry. The announcement was recently made by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, during an outreach to residents of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, and Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara.
According to the minister every farmer will receive coconuts to resuscitate the country’s coconut industry. In racial and political polarise Guyana, the minister did not state how non-supporters of the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will benefit or strong hold communities of the Opposition.
The government has also sourced another variety of high-yielding coconut known as the Brazilian Green Dwarf. Close to 60,000 have been brought into the country to date.
The minister said the Brazilian coconut produces between 500 to 700 milliliters of water, which is almost double Guyana’s coconut which holds 300 milliliters of water.
“We want to introduce new types of coconut into our country because it is a very lucrative crop and we want to be a main producer of coconut,” he stressed.
Mustapha encouraged farmers to take advantage of the opportunities available in the agriculture sector.
He also urged farmers to establish farmers’ groups within the various villages so that the resources, when distributed, could meet more persons.
